Andrew Mayor

Andrew was born in Manchester and educated at Magdalen College School, Oxford, singing as a chorister and subsequently as a choral scholar at Magdalen College.  He studied singing at the Royal Academy of Music.

An early experience was as soloist in a performance of "Messiah from Scratch" at the Royal Albert Hall, conducted by Sir David Willcocks. Another milestone was singing as bass soloist in Beethoven's Choral Fantasia with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra and Maurizio Pollini conducted by Claudio Abbado in the Festspielhaus Salzburg.

Andrew has a busy operatic career, touring the USA as Danilo (Die lustige Witwe) and throughout Europe as Rigoletto for Compagnia d'Opera Italiana di Milano. Roles in the UK include Renato (Un ballo in maschera) and the Count (Le Nozze di Figaro) at Holland Park, Ford (Falstaff) for ETO and Don Giovanni for Mid Wales Opera. At the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden he sang Starveling in Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream. Last summer Andrew sang Don Alfonso (Cosi fan tutte) with performances in France and at St John's Smith Square, London with the Southbank Sinfonia. This year he sings Sharpless (Madama Butterfly) with London City Philharmonic.

Future plans include Donner (Rheingold) and Gunther (Götterdämmerung) in performances of the full Ring Cycle for Regents Opera in London in 2025.

Andrew is a qualified solicitor and also has a CELTA qualification to teach English as a foreign language.  He is also a member of the British Association of Ski Instructors.